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单词 overtone
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overtone

Relations with Britain have subsequently been tinged with racial overtones.But the contest is riddled with corruption and murky politics, tinged with racial overtones.Not all of the issues were religious, although they had religious overtones at times.But it's almost too slick for emotional engagement and beyond its generalised political overtones the play lacks solid ideas.Music with no religious overtones, music in public, began to appear as an undesirable thing for more and more of the population.

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overtone

British English: overtone NOUN
If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign.
  • American English: overtone
  • Brazilian Portuguese: implicação
  • Chinese: 暗示之意
  • European Spanish: nota
  • French: connotation
  • German: Unterton
  • Italian: connotazione
  • Japanese: 含み
  • Korean: 함축
  • European Portuguese: implicação
  • Latin American Spanish: nota

(noun) 
Definition
an additional meaning or hint
a powerful story, with religious overtones
Synonyms
connotation
It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
association
suggestion
There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement.
sense
a noun which has two senses
hint
I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work.
flavour
implication
The implication was obvious: vote for us or you'll be sorry.
significance
nuance
Our eyes can communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion.
colouring
innuendo
The report was based on rumours and innuendo.
undercurrent
There is a strong undercurrent of sadness in the film.
intimation
I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
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Nearby words of
overtone

  • overt
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtone
  • overture
  • overtures
  • overturn

Synonyms of 'overtone'

overtone

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of intimation
I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
Synonyms
hint,
warning,
suggestion,
indication,
allusion,
inkling,
insinuation
in the sense of nuance
Definition
a subtle difference, as in colour, meaning, or tone
Our eyes can communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion.
Synonyms
subtlety,
degree,
distinction,
graduation,
refinement,
nicety,
gradation,
suggestion,
trace,
hint,
shade
in the sense of sense
Definition
specific meaning
a noun which has two senses
Synonyms
meaning,
definition,
interpretation,
significance,
message,
import,
substance,
implication,
drift,
purport,
nuance,
gist,
signification,
denotation
in the sense of suggestion
Definition
a hint or indication
There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement.
Synonyms
hint,
implication,
insinuation,
intimation
in the sense of undercurrent
Definition
an underlying opinion or emotion
There is a strong undercurrent of sadness in the film.
Synonyms
undertone,
feeling,
atmosphere,
sense,
suggestion,
trend,
hint,
flavour,
tendency,
drift,
murmur,
tenor,
aura,
tinge,
vibes (slang),
vibrations,
overtone,
hidden feeling
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